The Mathematical Theory of Communication

Summary

The 1949 volume combines Shannon’s technical paper and Weaver’s separately attributed wider discussion.

Implications for practice

The preface and contents let readers distinguish the contributors’ questions.

Key distinctions

• Shannon’s 1948 paper versus the 1949 volume

Historical development

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Ideas it depends on

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Further developments

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Connections to practice

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Common confusions

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Further checks

• Extend the evidence pass beyond the cited passages.

Recorded connections

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• The Mathematical Theory of Communication is listed in Short bibliography, described as 1956 — Wiener

  Status: candidate · Relation: listed in bibliography

  Bibliographic selection only. No influence, endorsement, or full-text coverage is implied.

  Locator: Short bibliography, described as 1956; Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1949; published earlier in Bell System Tech. J., 27, 1948, pp. 379 and 623.

  • Wiener’s selected readings on cybernetics, 1951, 1952, 1956 (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• The Mathematical Theory of Communication credits Claude E. Shannon

  Status: candidate · Relation: authored by

  Bibliographic attribution as listed; a credit is not an influence claim.

  Locator: Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1949; published earlier in Bell System Tech. J., 27, 1948, pp. 379 and 623.

  • Wiener’s selected readings on cybernetics, 1951, 1952, 1956 (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• The Mathematical Theory of Communication credits Warren Weaver

  Status: candidate · Relation: authored by

  Bibliographic attribution as listed; a credit is not an influence claim.

  Locator: Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver, The Mathematical Theory of Communication, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 1949; published earlier in Bell System Tech. J., 27, 1948, pp. 379 and 623.

  • Wiener’s selected readings on cybernetics, 1951, 1952, 1956 (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

• The Mathematical Theory of Communication presents an account of Technical, semantic, and effectiveness questions

  Status: candidate · Relation: presents account of

  Limited to the identified passage. A practice analogy needs its own assumptions and evidence.

  Locator: Weaver pp. 95–99

  • The Mathematical Theory of Communication — 1949 volume (passage checked)

• The Mathematical Theory of Communication reprints A Mathematical Theory of Communication

  Status: candidate · Relation: reprints work

  The preface identifies the July and October 1948 paper, with minor corrections and extra references.

  Locator: Preface, September 1949

  • The Mathematical Theory of Communication — 1949 volume (passage checked)

Sources and passage locators

• Wiener’s selected readings on cybernetics, 1951, 1952, 1956 (bibliographic or source boundary checked)
• The Mathematical Theory of Communication — 1949 volume (passage checked)
• The Mathematical Theory of Communication — publisher record (bibliographic or source boundary checked)

Cite this entry

Taylor, B. P. (2026). The Mathematical Theory of Communication. The Necessary Tangle, release 0.35. https://transduction.systems/entries/publication_early_shannon_weaver_book/

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